New collaborative paper in Nature Communications

Could this be the world’s thinnest proton channel?

“Aqueous Proton Transfer Across Single Layer Graphene,” Jennifer L. Achtyl, Raymond R. Unocic, Lijun Xu, Yu Cai, Muralikrishna Raju, Weiwei Zhang, Robert L. Sacci, Ivan V. Vlassiouk, Pasquale F. Fulvio, Panchapakesan Ganesh, David J. Wesolowski, Sheng Dai, Adri C. T. van Duin, Matthew Neurock, Franz M. GeigerNature Communications, 6, 6539 (2015).

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C&E News: Graphene Defects Help Transfer Protons

NBC News: ‘Defective’ Graphene Could Filter Water, Improve Fuel Cells

Science Daily:  Graphene membrane could lead to better fuel cells, water filters

Servicio de Informacion y Noticias Cientificas: Un mecanismo permite la transferencia de protones a traves del grafeno

pro-physik.de: Defekte Graphen-Schichten als selektive Membranen

International Business Times: “flawed” graphene could lead to better fuel cells

engadget: ‘Defective’ graphene makes for super-efficient fuel cells